diff --git a/elastic/logs/README.md b/elastic/logs/README.md
index 7cd1f561..5186e7a4 100644
--- a/elastic/logs/README.md
+++ b/elastic/logs/README.md
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ The following parameters are available:
 * `recovery_small_max_batch_size` (default: `4MB`) - The maximum estimated size for the batch of translog operations to return.
 * `recovery_large_max_batch_size` (default: `32MB`) - The maximum estimated size for the batch of translog operations to return.
 * `recovery_max_operations_count` (default: `16777216`) - The maximum number of translog operations to return in a single batch.
+* `use_doc_values_sparse_index` (default: unset) - Whether a doc values sparse index is used for the host.name and @timestamp fields.
 
 ### Data Download Parameters
 
diff --git a/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json b/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json
index c533134f..eb546d99 100644
--- a/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json
+++ b/elastic/logs/templates/component/track-shared-logsdb-mode.json
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
             {% if synthetic_source_keep %}
             ,"mapping.synthetic_source_keep": {{ synthetic_source_keep | tojson }}
             {% endif %}
+            {% if use_doc_values_sparse_index %}
+            ,"mapping.use_doc_values_sparse_index": {{ use_doc_values_sparse_index | tojson }}
+            {% endif %}
         }
         {% endif %}
       }